Contents: Introduction. Part 1 The Matrix: Mentality and Demography: The ascent of Latin Europe, Karl Leyser; On the evidence of growth of population in the West from the 11th to the 13th century, Léopold Génicot; The 'feudal' economy and capitalism: words, ideas and reality, Jacques Heers; Cultural climates and technological advance in the Middle Ages, Lynn White Jr. Part 2 Infrastructure and Ecology: Economic development and aquatic ecosystems in medieval Europe, Richard C. Hoffmann; The extent of the English forest in the 13th century, Margaret Ley Bazeley; The evolution of land transport in the Middle Ages, R.S. Lopez; A day's journey in medieval France, Marjorie Nice Boyer; The Cistercian order and the settlement of Northern England, R.A. Donkin.

Part 3 The Rural Economy: The chronology of labour services, M. Postan; An Italian estate, 900-1200, P.J. Jones; Lords and peasants: a reappraisal of medieval economic relationships, M. Toch; An industrial revolution of the 13th century, E.M. Carus-Wilson. Part 4 Urban and Commercial Expansion: Urban evolution during the early Middle Ages, M.

Lombard; Settlement patterns, urban functions and capital formation in medieval Flanders, D. Nicholas; Index.